The Flag Officer, Third Flotilla was the senior
Royal Navy appointment in command of the
Third Flotilla from 1979 to 1992.
The
Western Fleet and
Far East Fleet were merged into the single
Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1971. He had three new seagoing subordinates:
Flag Officer First Flotilla
The First Flotilla was a naval formation of the British Royal Navy commanded by the Flag Officer, First Flotilla from 1971 to 1990.
The Western Fleet and Far East Fleet were merged into the single Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1971. Within this new ...
,
Second Flotilla and
Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships (FOCAS) each commanded by a rear admiral. In December 1979 the post of FOCAS was re-named ''Flag Officer, Third Flotilla'' (FOF3).
From 1981-1992 the Flag Officer Third Flotilla commanded the aircraft carriers; amphibious Ships; the Fleet Training Ship; and destroyers not allocated to First or Second Flotillas.
In April 1992, the Third Flotilla was abolished, and the remaining two flotilla commanders became
Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla - responsible for operational readiness and training and
Commander United Kingdom Task Group (COMUKTG), who would command any deployed task group.
Flag Officers commanding
Included:
* Rear-Admiral
Peter G.M. Herbert: November 1979-December 1979
* Vice-Admiral Sir
John M.H. Cox: December 1979 – 1981
* Vice-Admiral Sir
John M.H. Cox: December 1981-March 1982
* Rear-Admiral
Derek R. Reffell: March 1982-August 1983
* Vice-Admiral Sir
Richard G.A. Fitch: August 1983-October 1985
* Vice-Admiral Sir
J.Julian R. Oswald: October 1985-April 1987
* Rear-Admiral
Hugo M. White: April 1987-October 1988
* Vice-Admiral
Sir Alan Grose: October 1988-March 1990
* Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir
Nicholas J. Hill-Norton: March 1990-April 1992
Notes
References
* Mackie, Colin (2018). "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Scotland, UK.
* Roberts, John (2009). Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing. .
* Smith, Gordon (2015)
"Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment 1947-2013 Fleet Oorganisation, 1981-2002".
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Royal Navy flotillas
Military units and formations established in 1979
Military units and formations disestablished in 1992